Trichosarcina Explained

Trichosarcina is a genus of green algae in the order Ulotrichales. Filoprotococcus was once regarded as a synonym.^[1] However, Filoprotococcus is now considered valid in its own right.^[2] Trichosarcina is considered to be of uncertain validity.

, AlgaeBase accepted only one species, Trichosarcina polymorpha. Its life cycle includes a uniseriate, Hormidium-like phase; a pluriseriate stage, and, finally, a chain of sarcinoid packets which may dissociate. The cells are uninucleate, with a parietal chloroplast and single pyrenoid. Quadriflagellate zoospores are produced by cells of the pluriseriate and sarcinoid stages.^[3]

Further reading

• Mattox. Karl R.. Stewart. Kenneth D.. Observations on the zoospores of Pseudendoclonium basiliense and Trichosarcina polymorpha(Chlorophyceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 51. 7. 1973. 1425–1430. 0008-4026. 10.1139/b73-178.
• Mattox. Karl R.. Stewart. Kenneth D.. A Comparative Study of Cell Division in Trichosarcina polymorpha and Pseudendoclonium basiliense (Chlorophyceae) . Journal of Phycology. 10. 4. 1974. 447–456. 0022-3646. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1974.tb02738.x. 84231199 .
• Thompson, Rufus H., and Daniel E. Wujek. "The Identity of Filoprotococcus and Trichosarcina (Chlorophyta) in Kansas." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903) (1996): 152–156.

Notes and References

1. Book: Cole. Kathleen M.. Sheath. Robert G.. Biology of the Red Algae. 396–399. Cambridge University Press. 1990. 978-0-521-34301-5.
2. Web site: Genus: Filoprotococcus taxonomy browser . AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway . 2018-04-10 . Guiry, M.D. . Guiry, G.M. . amp . 2007 .
3. Nichols. H. Wayne. Bold. Harold C.. Trichosarcina polymorpha Gen. et Sp. Nov.. Journal of Phycology. 1. 1. 1965. 34–38. 0022-3646. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1965.tb04552.x. 84762077 .